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Negev Rock City is the personal blog of Neal Ungerleider, a Tel Aviv/New York-based writer, editor and journalist. Neal currently writes about the Middle East for True/Slant and contributes regularly to a number of print and web publications. All opinions expressed herein are that of the author alone and do not represent any institutions or organizations that he may be affiliated with.

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29 June 09

Dead's Not Punk

Extremely good news from the New York Times of all places. Legendary LES punk space ABC No Rio was given funding by the NYC government for a new building. The old tenement that has hosted the collective from time immemorial (aka 1980) will be torn down to make way for a new space.

I’m thrilled ABC No Rio - hardcore matinees, zine library, art galleries and all, will survive. But honestly… I’ll have to shed a few tears for the old building. It’s where I kissed for the first time, drank whiskey for the first time and learned most of my guitar chops. A few of the old zines I wrote as an angry teenager are likely still in the archives there. I spent my Saturday afternoons at their punk rock matinees for years and years. And the fact that the next generation of questioning, too-smart-for-their-own-good youth gets to have ABC stick around is wonderful.

Now back to being cynical and mocking.

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